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From: "J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
To: Lista Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
Subject: [RFC] i386-arch fixes/enhancements
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 04:08:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030307030858.GA19479@werewolf.able.es> (raw)

Hi all...

This is  set of small patches that allow a finer tuning of i386 arch, and fix a
small bug:

- 20-x86-p4-prefetch: enables prefetch also for p4. This is a pending bug, IMHO.
- 21-x86-pII: splits Pentium-II as a separate config option; yes some of us
  still have oldies and would like a slightly better optimized kernel
- 22-x86-check_gcc: use check_gcc also for Intel CPUs (like others already do)
  to get better gcc flags.
- 23-x86-mb: implement memory barriers with specific instructions in p3 and p4
  (credits go to Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz>)

Could this ever get into mainline ? Perhaps the only questionable piece is
the mb changes. How about next -pre ?

TIA

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J.A. Magallon <jamagallon@able.es>      \                 Software is like sex:
werewolf.able.es                         \           It's better when it's free
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             reply	other threads:[~2003-03-07  2:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-03-07  3:08 J.A. Magallon [this message]
2003-03-07  3:11 ` [RFC] i386-arch fixes/enhancements J.A. Magallon
2003-03-07 11:12 Margit Schubert-While

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